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Former India skipper Virat Kohli showed glimpses of his good form in the recently concluded first ODI against South Africa as he smashed a brilliant half-century. No wonder the fans were expecting high from Kohli in the ongoing second ODI at Boland Park in Paarl.
But the former India skipper was dismissed for a five-ball duck, which was his 14th in the format. It all happened in the 13th over when Keshav Maharaj tossed the ball up, and Kohli went for a cover drive. The ball stopped on to the batter, and he couldn’t keep it down to give an easy catch to the Proteas captain Temba Bavuma.
With this nought, Kohli entered the embarrassing list of most ducks for India in ODIs while batting at No. 1-7 position. This list has players like Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Suresh Raina.
Most ducks for India across formats: (position 1-7)
- 34 – Sachin Tendulkar
- 31 – Virat Kohli*
- 31 – Virender Sehwag
- 29 – Sourav Ganguly
- 26 – Yuvraj Singh
Kohli’s soft dismissal also triggered the meme fest as fans trolled the 33-year-old for his dismissal.
Here is how Netizens reacted:
That's now 64 consecutive innings since Virat Kohli's last international century.
He has been dismissed for seven ducks s🌳𝔉ince he last reached triple figures for India.
— Nic Savage (@nic_savage1)
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Shahid Afridi watching Virat Kohli getting out on a duck: 🔜
— Vivek Gautam (@Imvivek04)
*Virat Kohli after getting duck out
— astaxthedevil (@astaxthedevil)
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//twitter.com/jhampakjhum/status/14844749ಌ94251878401
King 👑😣
Duck 🦆— Indresh (@Indresh__911)
*Virat goes for duck*
Me rn:— Nishant Sharma (@srcsmic_enginer)
Kohli fans waiting for 71st century.
Kohli after getting out on Duck :
— Varad Ralegaonkar (@varadr_tistic)
Boys after getting out on duck 😂😎
— Ansh Shah (@asmemesss)
Some Photos of 🙂
— Priyanshu (@kamina_kalakar)
